Nicholas Carr says, in his book, The Shallows, that because of his constant use of computers and the Internet, he has become unable to concentrate on one thing for long periods of time. He can no longer read books without losing interest in them after a few short pages. He doesn’t understand things at great depth, he looks for the shallow understanding of many things. I agree with what Carr said about what using the internet and technology has done to our ability to concentrate and focus on one thing and to read a book and understand things at a deeper level. Since using the Internet, I have noticed that when I look through magazines, I LOOK through them not read them.
Teachers and professors think the Web is great to a certain point though. Teachers have noticed students are carried away by the Web because they are focusing less on reading. Carr agrees, “…. They don’t necessarily read a page from left to right and from top to bottom. They might instead skip around, scanning for pertinent information of interest… I can’t get my students to read whole books anymore…” (318).
I’m not thinking the way that I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I’m reading. Immersing myself in a book or lengthy article used to be easy. My mind would get caught up in the narrative or the turns of the argument, and I’d spend hours strolling through the long stretches of prose (p. 67).’’ It’s an agreeable statement because there are times when you are trying to concentrate on reading an article on the computer and you get distracted from what you are reading. Opening up a new hardcover book is almost impossible for me.
Mitchell Heyne Composition 2 January 7, 2014 Unit 3 Assignment 1 Summary Response Paper “Wow, this isn’t a bad article” I said to myself as I was reading “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The point of this article is that people are losing the ability to concentrate for long periods of time, especially if they have no interest in the subject. Some people see this as a mental disorder, however, this is due to people trying to look for a quick fix and not doing the thorough research. I will agree that the way people are thinking is indeed changing, some for the good, but most for the bad as well. Search engines are rerouting our memory. According to one article in Science magazine, we're not necessarily losing our ability to remember things.
Even though these devices come with many ways to read, most people do not use this to their advantage. People mainly focus on applications, such as games, that come with these devices. The change from reading a book to playing a game on a digital device can drastically affect a person’s intellectual ability and attention span. Not knowing the effect that all of this technology will have on them, people will gradually become less educated. All of this explains another thing that the book
“likes” measures the about of new likers of a brand. b. Carmex: engagements are more important than likes because you can have people “like” pages with promotions without any knowledge of the product or true interest to ever purchase the products. A lot of ‘likes can provide inaccurate information due to the amount of individuals that simply click it without reading. 3 a. Engagement: Connecting to the Facebook audience by posting quality content daily that might attract consumers and gives them an opportunity to engage.
People are losing concentration easier than before internet was created. He is just frustrated that he can’t sit down and enjoy a long book like he used to which is why he wrote this article based on his own experience. Many points were stated in this article that might be true for certain individuals, but not for me. The one thing
His primary arguments seemed to be examples of his own difficulties. He states “Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy…That’s rarely the case anymore.” He continues to write of how his mind starts to wander after a few pages, and he looks for something else to do; reading has become a struggle. Carr says the culprit is the Internet itself, basing his accusation on how in today’s society we can obtain information after just a few minutes on the Net. The media today has started to give us information in as limited amount of words they can allow, so we as users can skim the information we desire then move onto the next sliver of info. He believes our minds have been altered to expect all information the way the Net hands it out: “in a swiftly stream of moving particles,” as he put it.
Daniel Argueta Period 6 08/30/13 Gardner Summary and Analysis Howard Gardner argues that, in the debate over technological advancement and declining literacies, we might soon be entering a new era of literacy that we cannot now envision due to technologies yet to be invented. Literacy is a concern for some experts but others believe that the Internet is just a stepping stone to a greater age of literacy. According to the doomsayers computers are extinguishing literacy. For instance: low reading scores, less leisure reading time, and half the adult population reading no books in a year support the doomsayers’ claims. However, optimists believe that the Internet will bring in a new culture of words.
So many want the education but can’t afford the costs of regular college so they go to option B. There are lots of new courses being offered online that this may just really what we may be looking at for future learning. Sometimes the classes can be bland and boring with low quality lecture videos, but if you can get through that this type of learning might just be good for you. 3 in 10 students at colleges are at least taking 1 online course. So you can see that people are really finding it helpful for them.